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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "RACHAEL DAVIDSON"<RACHAEL@YAHOO.COM>
Reply-To: <rachael.dvdsn1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:40:46 +0200
Subject: FROM RACHAEL DAVIDSON

I am Mrs.Rachael Davidson,the wife of Mr.Robert Davidson,both of us are
citizens of the united state of America. my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Hong Kong for twenty years before he died in the year 2003.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we both got born-again as dedicated Christians.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 7.5million GBP with a bank in europe and the bank just wrote me.

Presently, I'm in a hospital in Hong Kong where I have been undergoing
treatment for throat cancer. have since lost my ability to talk and my
doctor told me that I have only a few weeks to live.It is my last wish to
see this money distributed to charity organizations and NGO anywhere in the World in helping human race.


Please i need you to stand as my beneficiary.Please my beloved for further
communication on how we are going to conclude this,
I await your soonest response to my mail.

Your Sister in Christ,

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